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In 2019, MultiChoice subscribers will watch premium pay-TV content with only a stand-alone ‘’internet’’ or over-the-top (OTT) version of DStv.

Commenting the latest development, Calvo Mawela, MultiChoice South Africa CEO said, “MultiChoice already runs the DStv Now OTT service as an added-on bundled service for DStv subscribers but will launch a stand-alone commercial version that is like this, sometime next year.”

International content streaming rights, costing and pricing of the service has to be calculated before moving forward.

Mawela added: “I can confirm, yes we are working on a dishless DStv service offering which is purely online, almost a replica of what DStv is today. Teams ranging from technology to marketing are busy working on this proposition to make sure that we have a full online offering similar to DStv. In terms of timelines, we would like to bring the first product possible without any glitches that can work seamlessly and without problems – that is what the teams are focused on – to make sure that when we go out to market, we have all the areas covered: Price points, how the marketing is going to be, how well it will work.”

“This is a work in progress. We anticipate that next year sometime we should be able to go full-blown on this offering. However, we are pushing the teams hard to be able to bring that product offering forward. Unfortunately, I can’t share with you an exact time, but as soon as we can, we will share with you the launch plans and what the offering is going to be. But we are definitely going that route,” he concluded.

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